Breast cancer coincidentally meets with associate mother

Any woman can develop breast cancer during pregnancy and lactation (or breast cancer occurred after pregnancy and lactation), because this "coincidence" that the opportunities are few, so pregnancy nursing breast cancer is relatively rare in clinical about 5% of all breast cancer cases, age of onset was 35 years old (baby boomers age.)

Pregnancy, breast-feeding is characterized by breast cancer in pregnancy, lactation, hormone secretion of strong women, sex hormone levels much higher than the normal state, to promote cell proliferation activity, showing more rapid development of cancer; the other hand, pregnancy, lactation of the female breast in the role of progesterone and prolactin appeared in physiological hypertrophy, which often makes cancer tumor is not easy to be found wrapped, or are misdiagnosed as mastitis, benign tumor mass or delayed treatment. Pregnancy, breast-feeding because breast cancer cells multiply rapidly, is difficult to detect cancer, women also often a result of increased hormone levels and self-good condition, so treatment when most patients already late, according to statistics axillary lymph node metastasis rate of 80%.

Pregnancy, breast-feeding treatment of breast cancer in breast cancer with the general principles, the special anti-cancer therapy is how to deal with pregnancy, breast-feeding relationship. The general principle is:

(1) breast cancer during pregnancy:

① In late pregnancy (after 28 weeks gestation), cesarean section or delivery in breast cancer after the treatment. In the fetus before birth of the fetus to avoid application of anti-cancer treatment.

② early pregnancy, mid, shall terminate the pregnancy early receiving anti-cancer treatment. If patients adhere to refuse termination of pregnancy, consider early use of breast cancer surgery alone, if necessary, consider the application of radiation therapy, cancer chemotherapy may cause abnormalities of fetal development, as disabled.

③ requirements of fertility after breast cancer treatment, in order to avoid anti-cancer drugs on the fetal teratogenic problems in cancer treatment should be stopped completely after the interval of more than 2 years time as well.

(2) lactating breast: breast cancer diagnosis once established, should stop breast-feeding. Back when the taboo milk or Glauber's salt heat with female hormones to prevent cancer metastasis and proliferation. Used traditional Chinese medicine: students malt 60g, fried malt 60g, frequency of drinking tea, usually within 1 week to reach back to the effect of milk. Back to the milk, then treated for breast cancer. Back Ruqi in individual patients chemotherapy before surgery.

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